Star Wars Bits

As most know, Disney bought out LucasFilm a while ago in October, acquiring the rights to all things Lucas. The main being Star Wars. Shortly after, to no surprise, they announced plans for a new saga beginning with the yet to be titled "Episode VII".

Thus begins the rumours.

So far confirmed is the director, J.J. Abrams. Man of the hour at the mo, Abrams is responsible for Star Trek and it's soon-to-be sequel (what a star-whore), Super 8 and of course the lens flare.

Also confirmed is a release time, this being summer 2015. That's only around 110 and a half weeks....or 773 days....or 18552 minutes.... not that anyone is counting. There will be a Star Wars film released each summer from then on. A few stand-alone films are supposedly planned with Han Solo and bounty hunter Boba Fett receiving their own films. Episode VIII then arriving in 2018. Let's hope the sequels will be better than the prequels. Shan't be too hard! They've done a decent enough job with their Marvel films....let's hope the same applies here.

In terms of casting, plenty of ideas are flying about. Most talked about are of course the return of originals Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Harrison Ford addressed the issue on Jimmy Kimmel the other day.

But what have we in terms of a plot? Well Patton Oswalt guest starred in last night's Parks and Recreation, and in this nearly 9 minute outtake (which he improvised), he describes quite the masterpiece.

Let's hope Disney is taking notes!! I mean, come on. The poster is even made for it!!

Shweet.

Movie Monsters Size

With the news of Godzilla on it's way, I stumbled across this pretty cool scale pic of well known movie monsters.

We've already had King Kong fighting a T-Rex, and Godzilla Vs ManyACreature. Unfortunately I'd say we're a few years from Godzilla Vs Cloverfield, but we can live in hope.

Hangovers, Godzilla and Iron Man

Sunday night. I type.

First up is a new Hangover Part III image featuring Ken Jeong's crazy-Asian drug dealer Mr. Chow dropping into Vegas.

 

Director Todd Phillips has stated that this will be the final chapter in the trilogy, and judging by the trailer and posters, this is definitely the case. He has also said that number 3 will break from the format of the previous 2, so don't expect Alan to drug them all again and someone goes missing....

The usual suspects are returning of course. Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper (*swoon*) and Justin Bartha are all reprising their roles. Also returning is Part 1's stripper Heather Graham, and it wouldn't be a Hangover with Mike Tyson popping in. Part III will see new excellent additions in the form of John Goodman and Melissa McCarthy. And I'm not forgetting Arrested Development's (Roll on May 26th!) Jeffrey Tambor!

Here's the first TV spot for HP3, expect to see it all over your screens for the next month and a half until it's May 24th release:

A production video from the 2014 reboot of the radioactive giant lizard franchise, Godzilla, has found it's way online.

The simple tale of a giant radioactive lizard, who awakens after eons of slumber and attacks a city, will be brought to us by Monsters director Gareth Edwards. There's already some pretty cool names attached to star in this, such as Kick-Ass Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston. As you can see from the production video, destruction will be huge theme of this one. Savage.

I'll end with a bit of Iron Man 3 news. The first clip from the film is online, and it shows Tony Stark taunting his latest enemy.

Looking forward to it to make it's way to cinemas on the 25th? Well I know I am! So much so I'm going to see 1 and 2 on the 24th, followed by a midnight screening of 3. I'm even bringing my Iron Man themed 3D glasses.

Don't even care.